{"id":3959,"date":"2025-04-26T10:10:16","date_gmt":"2025-04-26T10:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunnewsusa.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/26\/elon-musks-end-slaughter-post-after-trump-says-russia-ukraine-very-close-to-deal\/"},"modified":"2025-04-26T10:10:18","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T10:10:18","slug":"elon-musks-end-slaughter-post-after-trump-says-russia-ukraine-very-close-to-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunnewsusa.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/26\/elon-musks-end-slaughter-post-after-trump-says-russia-ukraine-very-close-to-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk&#8217;s &#8220;End Slaughter&#8221; Post After Trump Says Russia, Ukraine &#8220;Very Close To Deal&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"ignorediv\">\n                                        <!-- Story Text --><\/p>\n<p>After US President Donald Trump claimed that Russia and Ukraine were &#8220;very close to a deal,&#8221; his billionaire adviser, Elon Musk, asserted it was time to end the war. &#8220;Time to end the slaughter,&#8221; Musk, the head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), posted on X.<\/p>\n<p><!--MIDTABOOLA--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Time to end the slaughter <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ndrMIMxfm3\">pic.twitter.com\/ndrMIMxfm3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1915899672046272640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 25, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Tesla and SpaceX CEO&#8217;s comment was in response to a Trump post on Truth Social where the US President said that he arrived in Rome late Friday to attend Pope Francis&#8217; funeral.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On the Russia-Ukraine war, Trump said it was a &#8220;good day in talks&#8221;, adding the two sides were &#8220;very close to a deal&#8221;. He even suggested Russia and Ukraine meet at a very high level to &#8220;finish it off&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><!--#VuukleAD--><\/p>\n<p>Calling it a &#8220;cruel and senseless war,&#8221; Trump said they have agreed to &#8220;most of the major points.&#8221; &#8220;Stop the bloodshed, NOW,&#8221; he wrote, and added the US would be there wherever it was necessary to help facilitate the end to this war, which began with Russia&#8217;s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.<br \/><iframe allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" class=\"lozad truthsocial-embed\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/114400805703099287\/embed\" style=\"max-width: 100%; border: 0\" width=\"600\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The post came after Russian President Vladimir Putin&#8217;s three-hour-long meeting with Trump&#8217;s envoy Steve Witkoff in Moscow on Friday. In the meeting, the two talked about the US plan to put an end to the years-long war in Ukraine, Reuters reported.<\/p>\n<p><!--#MIDAD1--><\/p>\n<p>There have been no direct talks between the two warring sides since the early weeks of the ongoing war. During the Friday meeting in Moscow, Putin discussed the &#8220;possibility&#8221; of direct talks with the opposite side, the Kremlin said.<\/p>\n<p><!--#MIDAD2--><\/p>\n<p>Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said Putin had a &#8220;constructive&#8221; discussion with Witkoff, adding the meeting even included a discussion over the possibility of renewing direct negotiations.<\/p>\n<p><!--#MIDAD3--><\/p>\n<p>But Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky rejected suggestions that Crimea be considered a part of Russian territory. Earlier this week, he asserted Ukraine was not going to &#8220;recognise Russia&#8217;s annexation of Crimea&#8221; and rejected the proposal.<\/p>\n<p>Noting it was against the Constitution of Ukraine, Zelensky said there was &#8220;nothing to talk about here&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>                                                                                <!-- Featured Video --><br \/>\n                                                                                                                        <!-- Recommended Widget -->\n                                                                                                                    <\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After US President Donald Trump claimed that Russia and Ukraine were &#8220;very close to a deal,&#8221; his billionaire adviser, Elon Musk, asserted it was time to end the war. &#8220;Time to end the slaughter,&#8221; Musk, the head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), posted on X. 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